DUTCH: A new tool for practitioners for risk assessment of push and pull activities

Marjolein Douwes; Reinier Könemann; Marco Hoozemans; Paul Kuijer; Hetty Vermeulen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96083-8_79

DUTCH: A new tool for practitioners for risk assessment of push and pull activities

Marjolein Douwes^*, Reinier Könemann, Marco Hoozemans, Paul Kuijer, Hetty Vermeulen

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Pushing and pulling at work is an undervalued theme within occupational health policy. This is unjustified, because these activities are very common and potentially increase the risk of shoulder symptoms. Gaining insight into the possible health risks of specific push or pull activities at the workplace is a first step towards prevention of musculoskeletal symptoms. Existing instruments proved to be insufficiently suitable to give that insight in a simple way. This was the motivation for developing the Push and Pull Check (DUTCH). This method makes clear whether the push or pull activity is acceptable or not, which risk factors exist, and which measures can reduce the risk. This article describes the operation of the DUTCH, as well as the development of the tool.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume III
Subtitle of host publication	Volume III: Musculoskeletal Disorders
Editors	Riccardo Tartaglia, Sara Albolino, Thomas Alexander, Sebastiano Bagnara, Yushi Fujita
Publisher	Springer/Verlag
Pages	604-614
Number of pages	11
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319960838
ISBN (Print)	9783319960821
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96083-8_79
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2018 - Florence, Italy Duration: 26 Aug 2018 → 30 Aug 2018

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Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	820
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

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Conference	20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	26/08/18 → 30/08/18

Keywords

Low back
Physical workload
Prevention
Pulling
Pushing
Risk assessment
Shoulder

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Douwes, M., Könemann, R., Hoozemans, M., Kuijer, P., & Vermeulen, H. (2019). DUTCH: A new tool for practitioners for risk assessment of push and pull activities. In R. Tartaglia, S. Albolino, T. Alexander, S. Bagnara, & Y. Fujita (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume III: Volume III: Musculoskeletal Disorders (Vol. 3, pp. 604-614). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 820). Springer/Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96083-8_79

Douwes, Marjolein ; Könemann, Reinier ; Hoozemans, Marco et al. / DUTCH: A new tool for practitioners for risk assessment of push and pull activities. Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume III: Volume III: Musculoskeletal Disorders. editor / Riccardo Tartaglia ; Sara Albolino ; Thomas Alexander ; Sebastiano Bagnara ; Yushi Fujita. Vol. 3 Springer/Verlag, 2019. pp. 604-614 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Douwes, M, Könemann, R, Hoozemans, M, Kuijer, P & Vermeulen, H 2019, DUTCH: A new tool for practitioners for risk assessment of push and pull activities. in R Tartaglia, S Albolino, T Alexander, S Bagnara & Y Fujita (eds), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume III: Volume III: Musculoskeletal Disorders. vol. 3, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 820, Springer/Verlag, pp. 604-614, 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2018, Florence, Italy, 26/08/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96083-8_79

DUTCH: A new tool for practitioners for risk assessment of push and pull activities. / Douwes, Marjolein; Könemann, Reinier; Hoozemans, Marco et al.
Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume III: Volume III: Musculoskeletal Disorders. ed. / Riccardo Tartaglia; Sara Albolino; Thomas Alexander; Sebastiano Bagnara; Yushi Fujita. Vol. 3 Springer/Verlag, 2019. p. 604-614 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 820).

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Douwes M, Könemann R, Hoozemans M, Kuijer P, Vermeulen H. DUTCH: A new tool for practitioners for risk assessment of push and pull activities. In Tartaglia R, Albolino S, Alexander T, Bagnara S, Fujita Y, editors, Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume III: Volume III: Musculoskeletal Disorders. Vol. 3. Springer/Verlag. 2019. p. 604-614. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). Epub 2018 Aug 5. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96083-8_79

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